Processes associated with positive youth development and participation in competitive youth sport

Positive Youth Development Through Sport

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 24-33

  Holt, Nicholas L ^a   Sehn, Zoë L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 79960638607     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203944783     Document Type: Chapter

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